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Meaning of Mauve | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
məʊv

Definitions

  1. A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
    countable, historical, uncountable
  2. A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية البنفسجي بنفسجي
Català malva
Čeština lila slézový
Cymraeg mof rhuddlaswyn
Deutsch Blasslila fliederfarben malvenfarben malvenfarbig mauve
Ελληνικά ιώδες λιλά μαβί μενεξεδί μοβ μωβ πορφυρό
Esperanto malva malvo
Español malva
فارسی ارغوانی
Suomi malvanvärinen
Français mauve mauve
Gàidhlig liath-phurpur
Bahasa Indonesia merah senduduk
Italiano malva
日本語 薄紫 薄紫の 藤色 藤色の
Kurdî Eflatûn
Te Reo Māori poroporo
Nederlands mauve paars
Polski moweina
Português lilás
Română liliachiu mov
Русский мальвовый розовато-лиловый
Türkçe eflatun

Examples

“Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

mauve box mauve stinger mauveine mauvelous mauveness mauvette

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